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10 Best Movies Like Walnut

If you loved Walnut, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Friend

The Friend

2025★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Walnut for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

New York City writer Iris finds her comfortable, solitary life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor bequeaths her a Great Dane named Apollo. The huge dog immedi...

#2
Dog Gone

Dog Gone

2023★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Walnut for fans of Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When his beloved dog goes missing, a young man embarks on an incredible search with his parents to find him and give him life-saving medication....

#3
Looks That Kill

Looks That Kill

2020★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Walnut for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A teenager lives out the hilarious and often tragic consequences of being lethally attractive, until he meets a girl with a congenital defect....

#4
Fluke

Fluke

1995★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Walnut for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Workaholic Thomas Johnson dies in an auto accident and reincarnates as a dog. Remembering some of his previous being, he returns to his wife and son to protect them from the man wh...

#5
The Mudge Boy

The Mudge Boy

2003★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Walnut for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Chronicling the troubled existence of Duncan Mudge, a 14-year-old misfit who—while vying for the attention of his vacant father—struggles to fill the void brought on by his mother'...

#6
Joe Bell

Joe Bell

2020★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Walnut for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The true story of a small town, working class father who embarks on a solo walk across the U.S. to crusade against bullying after his son is tormented in high school for being gay....

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